Hospice opens home in Carlsbad

CARLSBAD  Hospice of the North Coast is opening a residential facility for the terminally ill in Carlsbad.

The six-bedroom Pacifica House provides around the clock care to terminally ill residents and is the first such freestanding in-patient facility in North County.

A $1 million community development block grant from the city earlier this year allowed the nonprofit to buy the 4,500-square-foot property, which was built 10 years ago as a residential care facility for the elderly.

Patients are expected to be admitted in Fall after the facility receives its license from the state. The home is at 4411 Park Drive.